English Department Mission Statement Fall 2008 Classes English Major Requirements English Secondary Education Requirements Fall 2007 New English Secondary Education Major Requirements English Minors (Requirements)    Creative Writing Minor    Literature Minor    Professional Writing Minor General Ed English Classes The Creative Writing Program English Graduate Program Faculty Who's My Advisor?

KEVIN SWAFFORD   Office: 406 Bradley Hall Phone: (309) 677-2451 E-mail: swafford@.bradley.edu A native of southern California, Kevin Swafford joined the English faculty at Bradley University in the fall of 2001. Professor Swafford holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Rhode Island, an M.A. in English from New York University, and a B.A. in English from San Francisco State University. Professor Swafford was the recipient of the 2005/2006 "Caterpillar Inc. Faculty Award for Scholarship." His research focuses primarily on Victorian literature and literary theory. His writing has appeared in The European Studies Journal, Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association, The Gissing Journal, Kairos, The Journal of Popular Culture, The Wellsian and in the collection Literacy Theory in the Age of the Internet(Columbia University Press). Dr. Swafford's book, Class in Late-Victorian Britain: the Narrative Concern with Social Hierarchy and its Representation is published by Cambria Press. He is currently working on a second book on the aesthetics and politics of travel in Victorian Britain, while also researching a future project on H.G. Wells and dialogic narrative form. At Bradley, Dr. Swafford has taught a wide range of courses in British literature, literary theory, and writing. Dr. Swafford has also taught English 300 fairly regularly in the study abroad program in London and Vienna.

The Department is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Kevin Stein to the position of Illinois Poet Laureate. English majors are encouraged to take the American or English Studies Abroad Program for one or two semesters. Broadside, the Student Liteary Arts Journal Honor Society Creative Writing Contests    James Ballowe Prize    Academy of American Poets Prize    Chester Sipple Poetry Award Writing Center

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